Criticism Over Plans to Revise Press, Judiciary Laws in Indonesia

Critics voice concerns that press freedom, court independence are threatened

By: Ainur Rohmah

Indonesia, which since the fall in 1998 of the strongman Suharto has functioned as a relative beacon of press freedom and democracy in Southeast Asia, could lose some of both via laws now being quietly debated in closed meetings in the House of Representatives, representatives of reform organizations say. The regulations under deliberati…